A few days ago, Lorelei sent the message, (below), giving a link to some
pictures of a beautiful album of lace pieces - and thank you, Lorelei,
for such a delightful gift.
As it happens, I've never before paid any attention to lace fans, so it
came as a surprise to me to see the several fans there. It had never
before occurred to me that the fan sticks were simply a way to display a
piece of lace of a particular shape. That's because I'd always thought
of fans as meant to be useful as well as decorative. All the ones I
have myself are simple souvenirs, and more useful than otherwise. They
are not lace but paper, (or some such, I think), and I keep one in my
handbag in hot weather.
So I wondered, is it possible for a lace fan to be useful too?
Especially, could it fold and unfold - lace is thicker than paper and
might not go tightly around the corners of the sticks. Would folding
damage the lace? Were lace fans ever made that were intended to be
opened and closed in use?
Linda Walton,
(in dark, damp High Wycombe, Buskinghamshire, U.K., but where it's
warmer than of late, the snow is almost all thawed, and the fog has gone
- can Spring be far behind? I wish A Happy New Year, full of
interesting possibilities, to everyone).
On 26/12/2010 23:53, Lorelei Halley wrote:
Here is areally nice Milanese fan. The same lacemaker has a lot of nice
pieces in the same album.
http://picasaweb.google.com/samag5180/MisTrabajos03#5359529389873792754
For all our arachneans I wish a new year full of long, bright lacemaking days,
and may your threads never break.
Lorelei
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